Unlike fellow nonprofit book nerd, Rosetta Thurman, I am way behind on my nonprofit book summer reading list. My blog is the July 15th stop on Clay Shirky's virtual book tour for his recently published book, Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in A Connected Age. I received a review copy of the book and was invited to write a post about it. We were lucky enough to have Clay read a copy of manuscript last November and he was one of our book blurbers. Here's what he said about the … [Read more...]
How Many Free Agents Does It Take To Change A Nonprofit Fortress?
The Networked Nonprofit View more presentations from Beth Kanter. Allison Fine and I are honored to be delivering a conversational keynote at the Personal Democracy Forum today in New York City. Our session is part of a series brief talks that look at the future in a networked age. Our topic is rethinking nonprofits in a networked age. It just so happens that Allison Fine and I wrote a book together over the past year, The Networked Nonprofit, on that topic. There … [Read more...]
What's the ROI of Online Voting and Fundraising Contests?
Source: Extreme Foods For the third and final Conversational Case Study on America’s Giving Challenge from Allison Fine and I, we pose a question rather than answer one: Is there a “special sauce” for successful participation in online fundraising contests? The post summarizes the strategies used by contest winners. I wonder if the secret sauce is to do a cost/benefit analysis before you start preparing your favorite social media sauce? Hit the pause button and ask: "Should our … [Read more...]
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